1. Distillery application (Beddoes) Planner Henry Tang has said that the applicant has asked for OMB prehearings to be scheduled. GWNA has asked for participant status. Public consultations toward designating the district the status of Heritage Conservation District and developing an official plan amendment (OPA) will be held later this spring.2. Mill St. rebuild: (Jane Robinson) Engineering issues have arisen about turn radii at corners and the alignment of the crown of the road. Technical and public realm staff are working to resolve these and work is still to start in June 2016. 3. Acura Signage (Jane Robinson) The development committee does not support the dealership’s appeal for illuminated signage on its building at 380 Front St. Jane Robinson will draft message to the Sign Variance Committee at its meeting on 22 March; to be circulated and approved by the GWNA board.4. Transit (Michael Brewer) 514 streetcar to begin operating in June. A pilot project to improve 504 service on King Street to be in place by end of the year. GWNA will ask for seat on SAC if there is to be one. A study for the Waterfront Reset will begin this month; phase 1 of report will be released this summer. GWNA will ask for seat on SAC.Relief line: Michael Brewer is GWNA rep on the SAC. Public consultations to take place in April and May. Position of station at Nathan Phillips Square is difficult because of underground conditions in central city; SAC recommends station at Eastern Avenue to service the Unilever site, even if it is not fully constructed until development requires.5. Gardiner East public realm improvements (Beddoes, Robinson, Brewer) Public realm plans currently unfunded; budget for this project should not be asked to fund already planned improvements to the Cherry/ Lakeshore (Lower Don project) and Parliament/ Lakeshore (North of Keating precinct plan) intersections.4. Villiers Island and Port Lands (Beddoes, Robinson) There are rumours of major revisions to the draft precinct plan for Villiers Island. Julie Beddoes will ask for a meeting to inform SAC members.5. Island airport GWNA will ask to be informed of any public consultation6. Thornton and Lucy Blackburn Conference Centre -- Julie Beddoes attended initial meeting with West Don Lands Committee and Ontario Black History Society. Keith Veira will be GWNA representative in any further discussions over programming etc. 7. Glen Murray’s community meetings Toban Mills will attend Glen Murray’s community meetings and advise if and when committee action is appropriate.8. Unilever development, AKA East Harbour: George Hume will be GWNA rep on SAC.9. Report to AGM Current chair will draft and circulate.

GWNA Development CommitteeReport to board, October 2015The development committee met on Friday, October 16. Present: Keith Veira, Gobnait McAnoy, Michael Brewer, Jane Robinson, Bhavin Lad.The committee welcomed two new members, Michael Brewer and Bhavin Lad.1. Meeting with city staff re Cityscape application, 8 October 2015Present: City: Henry Tang, Planner; Tom Davidson, Councillor's officeGWNA: Lester Brown, Jane Robinson, George Hume, Gobnait McAnoy, Julie Beddoes(i) This was first of a series of informal meetings with committee as staff work continues. Next meeting will be in November after working hours with larger group to include members from each condo building.(ii). Three applications are active: 60 Mill St.; 370 & 370R Cherry St., (ribbon building); 31R Parliament (triangle) This means that the original applications are still with the planning department unmodified but the applicant has not been taking further steps.(iii). City planning is preparing a list of goals, objectives and performance measures for the site as a whole to include heritage issues and pedestrian experience, scale and massing, which will be shared with us as soon as there's a complete draft.(iv). There will be a new Official Plan Amendment (OPA) for the triangle to go to Council early next year based on item 2 -- but otherwise the list of Objectives etc. will have no statutory force.(v). It’snot clear at this point what effect process toward HCD status will have on application process. Heritage staff are making a study of the area which will lead to recommendations.(vi). Planning staff think tower is appropriate at 31R Parliament; committee members urged reduction in size of base building. There will be trade-offs between the height asked for and/or allowed on this building and proposal for 60 Mill. Committee members explained site problems at 60 Mill.(vii). Staff to meet with triangle owners; situation re: Cityzen purchase not clear.(viii). A meeting open to the whole neighbourhood will be called when new plan(s), ie revised application(s) can be presented. If appropriate, a larger community working group will be formedwhen revised applications are evaluated,2. Gardiner East EA: GWNA rep Jane Robinson will attend SAC meeting on 20 October. Three versions of the hybrid proposal are under consideration and evaluation criteria are being developed. We hope to learn if the two other proposals presented at the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee on September 22 will be subjected to the same analysis.3. Villiers Island and Port Lands GWNA alternate rep J.Beddoes attended meeting of Villiers Island Precinct plan SAC on September 28. Concerns were expressed about the viability of the plan presented and a lack of a central vision. A new presentation will be prepared to clarify issues raised at the SAC. Development cannot proceed until Lower Don Flood protection is in place.4. Ward Boundary Review, City Solid Waste Policy, First Gulf development on Unilever siteThe development committee believes that these ongoing issues are best left up to individuals to take any opportunity to participate that is offered. If and when there are significant developments or if issues of particular concern to GWNA members arise, the committee will report to the GWNA board and recommend any action considered useful.5. Mill St. Renovation Working group meeting postponed to 22 October to allow staff to draft possible solutions.6. First Parliament Site (Delegates Lester Brown and Gobnait McAnoy) Working group has not met for many months. Gobnait McAnoy will inquire about reason for delay and report.7. Committee record keeping We discussed establishing on-line repository for development committee records independently of GWNA website. Bavin will work with Julie on this.

Gardiner East EA: The City staff report on the three hybrid options (www.app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2015.PW7.3) will be discussed at the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee meeting on 22 September. No development committee member is available to make a deputation but the board haschoose written to PWIC emphasizing need for radical improvements between Cherry St. and Jarvis.

Cityscape application: Councillor McConnell will invite the development committee to meet with her and planning staff very soon. A public information session will be held when there is something of substance to report. A larger working group will be formed to work on a revised application. Its meetings will be open to the community.

Port lands and Villiers Island: Stakeholder and public meetings will be held over the next two months.

Ward boundary review: GWNA members urged to attend public meetings on this issue.

City Solid Waste Policy: The development committee sees no reason for GWNA to intervene in this discussion. Keith Veira is willing to arrange a speaker to inform member condominiums that do not currently have compost facilities on how to get them if condo boards are interested. Condo reps on GWNA board are asked to take this back to their boards.

Mill St. renovation: Work has been delayed because of staff issues but interested City departments will soon have proposals (including measures to improve pedestrian safety at Mill/Parliament intersection) to show to neighbourhood working group. It is recommended that the group include members of the development committee and that condos on Mill St. be included.

First Gulf Public meeting: A public session on the proposed development on the former Unilever site will be held on October 1st.at the Ralph Thornton Centre on Queen East.

First Parliament: Working group will be called together in late October.

Cityscape application: Comment from Tom Davidson: City Planning and the applicants have met and discussed the issues raised during the public consultation. No firm recommendations have come out of that work, but there are more perspectives on how to proceed. We (ie councillor's office) are recommending that we reconvene a working group format session with the GWNA and building representatives to discuss the issue. We'll consult with GWNA on how to organize that later in the summer.In conversation on August 19, Tom confirmed that working group meetings would be open to community members. He will discuss possibility of larger information session with Henry Tang; perhaps best not to get people out to a meeting unless there is something concrete to discuss

Lower Yonge Precinct Plan: Julie Beddoes is GWNA rep on SAC. Ahead of completion of plan, Pinnacle developments are going to OMB to ask for much taller buildings than plan would allow. Julie will talk to Willie Macrae about this site and report later in month. Otherwise much to like about the plan.Willie Macrae says Pinnacle is not pressing its OMB case for the Star site, ie 1 Yonge St. and block north of it up to the expressway and railway; have agreed to major section 37 contributions: fully paid for rec centre with pool, good-sized park, public space incorporated into grade level of development.

Mill St. refurbishing: City staff have been working on technicalities, budget, etc. Working group will meet soon. Jane Robinson and Phylis Coles are on list to be invited. Gobnait McAnoy, who lives in 70 Mill St., will also attend.Tom says people working on the technicalities have been seconded to other jobs. He is pushing to get the working group together ASAP.

Lower Don River and the Port Lands Jane Robinson will continue as GWNA rep onPort Lands issues with Julie Beddoes as alternate. SAC meeting on Villiers Island is imminent. See article in Globe and Mail later this week.Globe story didn't say much about Toronto. Still waiting for further SAC for Villiers Island.

Future of the Gardiner East EA: Report of Council decisions is athttp://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2015.PW4.1The EA stakeholder advisory committee will meet on July 21. The EA is a statutory process under provincial law. It seems unlikely that the options city staff have been asked to study and report on in September will conform to the Terms of Reference of the EA nor will they have been subject to the lengthy process of public consultation required. It is hoped that SAC members will be updated on the relationship of the city studies and the EA process. See this article by John Lorinc, Spacing magazine: http://spacing.ca/toronto/2015/06/08/gardiner-east-terms-references-matters-lot/July 21 SAC meeting looked at numerous tentative plans for "hybrid" option; none of them improved conditions west of Cherry. SAC will be presented with further work on options on September 1. PWIC later in month, public meeting in November. Development committee proposes that board approve inviting the EA team to present options to a GWNA meeting before they go to a public meeting later in the year. If the timing works out it could be at the November meeting; if not, we could hold a special meeting.

Island Airport Runway Extension EA: Terms of reference stage of study is complete. Draft report on work to that date will go to Council in the fall. It is expected that the final report will go to Council in spring 2016.

First Parliament Working Group: Lester Brown and Gobnait McAnoy are GWNA reps. Tom Davidson explains: The Environmental Assessment work by the consultants has been completed. Our office is organizing a working group meeting to review the results of this work and update on the timelines for a workplan, and beginning a Master Plan process. We are prepared to hold a meeting in Mid August, otherwise it would have to be in mid September. We'll advise you shortly on this after we talk a bit more. No working group meeting called so far.

Relief Line: TTC has presented on this to the GWNA May meeting and covered technical and route issues. Keith twice forwarded link to consultation site to GWNA listserv so that members may express their opinion. Report should go to Council in December 2015 or early 2016. Staff are working on reviewing results of consultations so far. Will soon ask for input on potential alignments.

Aitken Place Park: George Hume is GWNA representative on the stakeholder committee and will post final design when available​

Cityscape application: Comment from Tom Davidson: City Planning and the applicants have met and discussed the issues raised during the public consultation. No firm recommendations have come out of that work, but there are more perspectives on how to proceed. We (ie councillor's office) are recommending that we reconvene a working group format session with the GWNA and building representatives to discuss the issue. We'll consult with GWNA on how to organize that later in the summer.Lower Yonge Precinct Plan: Julie Beddoes is GWNA rep on SAC. Ahead of completion of plan, Pinnacle developments are going to OMB to ask for much taller buildings than plan would allow. Julie will talk to Willie Macrae about this site and report later in month. Otherwise much to like about the plan.BUT the ability of Pinnacle to take its proposal to the OMB before the precinct plan has been completed and been solidified into a zoning bylaw makes the planning exercise seem a bit redundant. This parallels the situation with the Cityscape application, where in theory the developer could go to the OMB before the process of making the Distillery a heritage conservation district has been completed. Fortunately, Cityscape is willing to hold off its appeal to OMB and talk more to the community.Mill St. refurbishing: City staff have been working on technicalities, budget, etc. Working group will meet soon. Jane Robinson and Phylis Coles are on list to be invited. Gobnait McAnoy, who lives in 70 Mill St., will also attend.Lower Don River and the Port Lands Jane Robinson will continue as GWNA rep onPort Lands issues with Julie Beddoes as alternate. SAC meeting on Villiers Island is imminent. See article in Globe and Mail later this week.Future of the Gardiner East EA: Report of Council decisions is at http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2015.PW4.1The EA stakeholder advisory committee will meet on July 21. The EA is a statutory process under provincial law. It seems unlikely that the options city staff have been asked to study and report on in September will conform to the Terms of Reference of the EA nor will they have been subject to the lengthy process of public consultation required. It is hoped that SAC members will be updated on the relationship of the city studies and the EA process.See this article by John Lorinc, Spacing magazine:http://spacing.ca/toronto/2015/06/08/gardiner-east-terms-references-matters-lot/Island Airport Runway Extension EA: Terms of reference stage of study is complete. Draft report on work to that date will go to Council in the fall. It is expected that the final report will go to Council in spring 2016.First Parliament Working Group: Lester Brown and Gobnait McAnoy are GWNA reps.Tom Davidson explains: The Environmental Assessment work by the consultants has been completed. Our office is organizing a working group meeting to review the results of this work and update on the timelines for a workplan, and beginning a Master Plan process. We are prepared to hold a meeting in Mid August, otherwise it would have to be in mid September. We'll advise you shortly on this after we talk a bit more.Relief Line: TTC has presented on this to the GWNA May meeting and covered technical and route issues. Keith twice forwarded link to consultation site to GWNA listserv so that members may express their opinion. Report should go to Council in December 2015 or early 2016.Aitken Place Park: George Hume is GWNA representative on the stakeholder committee and will post final design when available.Development on Unilever site: Jane Robinson attended public meeting which was looking for input on public realm, public amenities, sustainability and connections.City Long-Term Waste Management Strategy Update#4 report distributed on Listserv June 25th 2015.Keith attended SAC meeting on June 25th to evaluate criteria for the proposed program and facilities. Gobnait will take over as GWNA rep.Report was distributed to all board members, awaiting webmaster to post on GWNA website. No further SAG meetings expected during the summer, possibly late 2015.Toronto Core planning meeting Gobnait will be GWNA delegate to this exercise.Data Centre: GWNA board sees no need to meet with centre management but would like information re emergency measures.Waterfront Srategic Review:www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-81763.pdfOn recommendation of Development Committee, GWNA send letter in support of staff recommendations to Executive Committee. Committee adopted report and asked for review of financial operations of Waterfront Toronto.Ward and provincial riding boundaries: Further consultations to be held in fall. Members urged to participate. Some danger of our area being split as for federal ridings.